{"product_id":"2940151475174","title":"War as Viewed from the Ranks (Abridged, Annotated)","description":"Only eighteen when he joined the 55th Ohio Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army, William Allen Keesy nevertheless went on to serve twice in the war. Honorably discharged for severe illness, he agreed to be drafted back into service and saw some of the fiercest fighting in the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt Cross Keys, Second Bull Run, Gettysburg, Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, the siege of Atlanta, and Sherman's march, the 55th was hotly engaged until the bitter end. Keesy saw most of it and records it here \"as viewed from the ranks.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFunny, thrilling, and horrible, it is a valuable addition to the corpus of Civil War memoirs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBe sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.","brand":"Big Byte Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166300324080,"sku":"2940151475174","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940151475174_p0.jpg?v=1764010854","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940151475174","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}